1. Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
   "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" 
2. Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
   - furrowed 
3. Topographically very uneven
   "rugged ground"
   - broken 
4. Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
   "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"
   - tough

Derived forms: ruggeder, ruggedest

See also: canaliculate, corrugated, difficult, hard, knockabout, robust, rough, ruggedly, ruggedness, rutted, rutty, strength, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, unsmooth

Antonym: delicate

Encyclopedia: Rugged

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